The initiative, posted on the Internet in a 325-page report, offered long lists of ways to make improvements but was vague on how to accomplish them.

The proposal urges Congress to overhaul the justice system, pledges to hold the government to international human-rights standards, and pledges to educate government officials and the public on protecting human rights, Fox said.

The presentation came a year after the UN High Commission for Human Rights presented the Mexican government with an analysis identifying major problems.